Kennen vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Kennen
based on 1,113 Kennen vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Janna
You can land an initial Mark of the Storm debuff on an opponent with Thundering Shuriken, and then add to it with Electrical Surge.
Lightning Rush can be used to initiate fights with its Energy return component, allowing him to use other abilities afterward.
You can stun your opponents by inflicting 3 Marks of the Storm upon them.
Advice to Win Against Janna
Janna's at her strongest when buffing another ally. If you can harass her ally, it will weaken her ability to fight you.
Save an interrupt ability for when Janna uses her ultimate.
Listen for the charge up sound on Howling Gale in case Janna is trying to hit you with it from off screen or from brush.
Kennen vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several strategic Kennen vs. Janna matchup stats that can help you explain the differences between the pair. For instance, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Janna. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Kennen often has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Janna. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kennen and Janna
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Who is Better, Kennen or Janna?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kennen usually fairs equally well when facing off against Janna, with a 50.0% win rate. As a result, Kennen makes an ok counter for Janna.
While Kennen does have a higher winrate compared to Janna, when facing one another, Kennen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kennen into Janna.
Moreover, Kennen also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Janna. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Kennen is a decent counter for Janna. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kennen against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kennen to counter Janna during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen often racks up much more CS compared to Janna. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Kennen versus Janna build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Janna than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kennen boasted an average win rate of 50.0% when countering Janna with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Janna as Kennen, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Kennen vs Janna face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.0% winrate overall.
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